Dr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥

Gorgeous! Love that area

That’s actually intact bedrock, just has some of the clay rich soil stuck to it below.

We do have good E horizons out there just not in these two pits.

Yes, me or Seyfried, who wore it better 🥸

Come back and visit sometime!

Spent the week at the USFS Starkey Experimental Forest in north-central Oregon (near La Grande).

Extensive old basalt flows capped by ~7500 year old ash deposits that drastically changed the distribution of vegetation, making for interesting hydrology today.

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

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Facehugger Tail (Realistic Version) by indianin666 MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models I love the facehugger design from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1116392I have three printed from this design. However, I have a problem with the tail, which does not match the original from the mo...

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One of the benefits of doing a lot of 3D printing for work is knowing how to accessorize your pumpkin for #Halloween

Right!

Anywhere from cobbles to soup!

Post-fire debris flow characterization to understand sediment impacts on river and reservoir water quality.

In Alberta, the Punks Are Taking Over | The Tyee The scene is galvanizing against a common enemy: the United Conservative Party.

The rise in punk and hardcore’s prevalence in Alberta is to create a voice against the UCP, says one vocalist. 🎤 #abpoli 

Comic. [3-column table with headers Period, My Favorite Part, and My Biggest Complaint] [Row 1] P: *Precambrian*, MFP: Life develops, MBC: Snowball Earth episodes [Row 2] P: Cambrian, MFP: Trilobites!, MBC: Evolution could stand to calm down a little [Row 3] P: Ordovician, MFP: Earth might have had rings, MBC: Scary volcanic eruption in North America [Row 4] P: Silurian, MFP: First land animals, MBC: Earth’s newfound mold problem [Row 5] P: Devonian, MFP: Big mountains in Boston, MBC: Yeah, sure, what those giant killer fish needed was *armor* [Row 6] P: Carboniferous, MFP: Cool forests, MBC: Bugs too big [Row 7] P: Permian, MFP: Pangea, MBC: Google “The Great Dying” [Row 8] P: Triassic, MFP: Tanystropheus [dinosaur with extremely long neck next to tiny person for scale], MBC: Damage to Canada still visible from space at Manicouagan [Row 9] P: Jurassic, MFP: Birds, MBC: Parasitoid wasps [Row 10] P: Cretaceous, MFP: Raptors, MBC: Raptors [Row 11] P: Paleogene, MFP: Pretty horseys!!!, MBC: Paleocene-eocene thermal maximum [Row 12] P: Neogene, MFP: Forests of *Dracaena* Dragonblood Trees, MBC: Zanclean Flood [Row 13] P: Quaternary, MFP: Burrito invented, MBC: Whoever picked this name for the third period of the Cenozoic

Geologic Periods

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You’re welcome. And thanks, Bellingham.

Submit to our fall GSA session, T186. Critical Zone Science: Intersection of Processes Linked to Geomorphology, Ecology, Fire and Climate

Science philanthropy faces a new reality As the ground under American science shifts in troubling and unpredictable ways, questions have arisen as to how philanthropies should respond. Having recently led a private foundation that supports s...

Philanthropies ... rely on a solid base of federal support for science to make their own relatively small contributions impactful. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A New Generation of Tiny Tracking Tags Offers a Fresh Look at the Lives of Little Fish Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a tag the size of a grain of rice that can also work underwater

A New Generation of Tiny Tracking Tags Offers a Fresh Look at the Lives of Little Fish www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a...

US farm agency fires 70 foreign researchers following national security review The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it has fired 70 foreign contract researchers after a national security review intended to secure the U.S. food supply from adversaries including China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.

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Idaho Department of Water Resources signs order predicting water shortfall  - East Idaho News TWIN FALLS (Idaho Capital Sun) — The Idaho Department of Water Resources has issued a new order finding that the Twin Falls Canal Co. may experience a water shortfall during this summer’s irrigation s...

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University Leaders Propose New Research Funding Model Some lawmakers and the Trump administration have criticized the government’s long-standing model for reimbursing universities for indirect research costs.

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US agency bows to pressure from farmers after concealing crucial info from public: 'Blatantly unlawful' The USDA will restore previously removed climate data following pressure from farmers and environmental groups.

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Patchy burn severity explains heterogeneous soil viral and prokaryotic responses to fire in a mixed conifer forest | mSystems The impact of fire on the soil microbiome, particularly on understudied soil viral communities, warrants investigation, given known microbial contributions to biogeochemical processes and ecosystem recovery. Here, we collected 120 soil samples before and ...

Patchy burn severity explains heterogeneous soil viral and prokaryotic responses to fire in a mixed conifer forest journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

Family is on vacation so I get to work from home a little. It has its benefits ❤️

Good idea!

Cascading land surface hazards as a nexus in the Earth system This Review synthesizes progress and outlines a new framework for understanding how land surface hazards interact and propagate as sediment cascades across Earth’s surface, influenced by interactions ...

New in @science.org: Natural hazards aren’t “one and done.” They alter the landscape, changing the likelihood of follow-on events. We argue there’s an urgent opportunity for geomorphologists—working with other disciplines—to better understand and forecast cascading hazards.

Absolutely!

The 10 Best Gravel Bikes For Bikepacking In 2024 - CYCLINGABOUT.com I've selected the best gravel bikes based on outstanding overall design, ideal component choices, and excellent value for performance.

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Summer rains (and snow) on severely burned hill slopes. We’ve seen several slumps and debris flows throughout the Boise NF this spring/summer.

Got it, thanks!

Ryan, did I miss your Erebus Etsy sale?

The underside of a GNSS antenna is seen against blue sky. The antenna is attached to an antenna mount pole which was originally bright shiny stainless steel but is now corroded to a rusty black patina. In the upper right, an antenna cable is attached to the antenna. The connector also used to be shiny stainless steel, but is now corroded with black and white deposits.

Looking up from the base of a rocky slope, a slight path leads up to a GNSS station (the antenna of which is highlighted against a bright blue sky). The path doesn't look too long or steep, but the site is at 17,300 feet elevation and walking up to the site felt like a much, much longer slog.

Fumarole on Lastarria volcano. Steam and other gasses are rising from a fumarole covered with bright yellow sulfur deposits. It really stank.

Life is hard if you are a GNSS station on a volcano with lots of fumaroles – everything wants to corrode you. This station was part of a National Science Foundation funded project (details below). Under the FY2026 proposed budget, NSF Earth Science funding would take a 64% hit. #VolcanoMonday 🧪⚒️🌋

Latest Blatten aerial survey 4:30 pm! 🚁

Authorities expect the lake to overflow the dam this night or at last early tomorrow morning! 🌊
They have partially emptied a dam lake 6 km down the valley and are ready to evacuate Gampel/Steg in the Rhone valley during the night

🎥 SRF